The newsroom includes access to CHA News, which provides timely information to members every Monday and Thursday and is at the core of CHA benefits. In addition, it is also home to resources such as toolkits and talking points designed to help member hospitals and health systems communicate with internal and external audiences on a range of current health care-related issues. Links to CHA media statements and press releases can also be found here.
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Office of Health Care Affordability Accepting Applications for Advisory Committee
The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), which recently announced its eight board members, has opened the application process to serve on the advisory committee. The advisory committee must meet at least four times per year and be consulted before key OHCA decisions are made. For example, the advisory committee will provide input on setting […]
Rural Health Care Symposium Pre-Conference Workshop Designed to Help Governance Boards
CHA’s Rural Health Care Symposium features an April 10 pre-conference workshop on making governance boards of rural hospitals more effective in turbulent times. Karma Bass, principal of Via HealthCare Consulting, will host the workshop, which will focus solely on helping to align rural hospital governance boards, medical staff, and the executive team to be more successful. […]
Updates for the Week of March 6
Choose From 11 Breakout Sessions at PSES Summit
In addition to the keynote topic on attaining zero harm goals and two Safe Tables, attendees at the 2023 Patient Safety Evaluation System Summit on May 9-10 can choose from 11 breakout sessions.
CalBridge Funding Will Help Train Behavioral Health Navigators
On March 1, the Department of Health Care Services awarded more than $4.6 million to 39 hospitals with emergency departments (EDs). Each hospital received $120,000 to train behavioral health navigators to help expand access to substance use disorder and mental health services.
Guide Available to Help Hospitals Bolster Cybersecurity
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response has released a roadmap to help health care organizations bolster cybersecurity.
HRSA Announces Funding Opportunity to Address Nursing Gaps
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a new funding opportunity — the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention – Pathway to Registered Nurse Program — to create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice. This would be accomplished through the creation and implementation of licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse to registered nurse […]
Health Plan Payment Practices Threaten Patient Care
At a time when Modern Healthcare is asking whether 2022 was the worst year ever for health systems’ income, hospitals and health systems are being forced to cope with deteriorating performance among many health plans in providing prompt and fair reimbursement.
Application Deadline for Second Round of GME Residency Slots is March 31
The application period for the second round of 200 graduate medical education (GME) residency positions under section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, closes on March 31.
CHA Comments on Prior Authorization Proposed Rule
CHA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule to streamline prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and federally facilitated marketplace health plans.